Coming off an ACL tear, btw

Warriors' zone has done a lot to stop the Pels' offense in their tracks. Thing is, their own offense has been close to non-existent.

Melton gets crossmatched against Zion in transition but does a good job fronting to deny the entry pass. This gaves Draymond an opportunity to tell Melton to "get out" and scram switch so that it's Draymond defending Zion on the post up, which pays off.

Suffice to say that no one on this team can guard Jaylen Brown.

The break was a week but some of the guys are moving like they took a month off.

Gui drives have been a pretty decent source of advantage creation as of late.

Despite the ball denial from White, the ball is reversed to Gui who then finds Moody coming off the pin-in for the three.

On-off numbers aren't gonna show it but IMO that was lowkey one of Draymond's best defensive performances this season. The disruptiveness and how he moved around the floor to put out fires was vintage Draymond. Just didn't have enough defensive talent around him to close it out.

Well, it was a fun fight while it lasted, before both the Dubs and the Spurs remembered their talent level.

Podz takes himself out of rhythm so much with the pump fakes. Just shoot that ball on the catch, my man

Draymond stop vs. Wemby --> Draymond layup

Warriors┃ "Down" SLOB STS action underneath the rim serving as window dressing for "Chicago" action for Spencer to go downhill, gets the paint touch and goes all the way to the rim for the layup. Again, Spurs keeping things strictly 2v2 with Wemby as their anchor.

Steve Kerr with the timeout after this Fox layup, angry about something. I'm assuming it's because Moody went over the screen instead of under. Scouting report on Fox probably says to go under considering he's not much of a pull-up outside threat.

Again, FLYING

Melton-Draymond PnR, peep at the movement on both sides. Exchange on one side, Moody lift on the other, the action is strictly 2v2. Draymond gets the pass, Wemby is there to contest but Draymond draws enough contact on the shot for the and-1.

Warriors┃ "Twirl" Draymond brings the ball up and signals to Melton they're running "Twirl" (making a twirl motion with his finger) for Moody. Moody immediately goes to the nail, sets the back screen, then comes off the down screen for the three.

Warriors at the half vs. SAS ORTG: 126.4 DRTG: 121.2 Stop the count!

Draymond having to help on the Harper drive and still being able to tap the ball out to prevent the Wemby offensive board creates this transition opportunity and a highlight GP2 pass to Spencer.

Defense is FLYING

Warriors┃ "Small" ATO Out of the timeout, Kerr draws up "small" action (inverted PnR) for Draymond with Moody setting the screen on Wemby at the FT line. Draymond gets downhill and draws contact at the rim for the foul.

Dubs go to their split action again and Gui slips the screen this time around. Jump stop, gets the ball past Kornet for the layup.

Warriors┃ "5 Out" ATO Steve Kerr draws up split action, ball gets fed to GP2 in the left block. Initial screen for Gui, who turns around to screen for Podz. GP2 with the "grenade" DHO, Podz gets into his middy rhythm around the handoff to drill the middy plus the foul.

Important floor-spacing Post minutes tonight with Wemby on the floor. Will have to hit shots like these to force Wemby to have to choose between sitting in the paint or lifting up to contest shots on the perimeter.

"Blind Pig" action for Moses Moody who hits the touuuugh shot

A 146.2 ORTG for the Dubs without Steph and Jimmy in the first quarter against the third-best defense in the NBA.

Draymond helps off of Wemby (lifting from the corner to the wing) against the Castle drive and Wemby drills the shot. A comfortable look for him.

Biggest challenge for the Dubs tonight will be finding ways to score against a Spurs defense that can afford to stay put with a generational rim protector anchoring them. Moving the ball and finding open looks as much as they can on the perimeter (and drilling them) is one way of doing it.

I ain't gonna lie, this is the funniest Dubs win of the season lmaooooo

The Warriors have more turnovers tonight than the Washington Post

Al Horford post ups against ball-screen switches have been the Dubs' best form of offense tonight.

I'm not privy to what the coaching staff draws up during timeouts but I'm quite sure this is NOT what they drew up during the timeout lol

Warriors at the half vs. MEM ORTG: 116.3 DRTG: 135.4 45% of the Dubs' attempts from the field have been threes. They're 6-21 on them (28.6%).

"Follow" action into slot PnR, Memphis switches the ball screen with Spencer lifting. The help on the slip allows Spencer to attack the closeout, attracts more help on his drive, feed to Gui in the dunker for the easy bucket.

Again, the simple act of feeding Horford the ball after a switched ball-screen is creating advantage opportunities for the Dubs.

Memphis w/o Ja and JJJ, Dubs w/o Steph and Jimmy. So of course, both of them put up ORTGs higher than 125 lol

One thing about these Gui drives: they've been a serviceable form of advantage creation. Grizzlies get placed in rotation, swing-swing, Horford attacks the closeout and goes all the way to the rim.

Using Horford's size in the post to create offense. This Grizzlies team is small, forced to send help on post-ups like this. GP2 take advantage by cutting.

Slot PnR for Podz with Horford setting the screen, switch, Pippen Jr. on the wrong end of the switch. Gui with the pass to Horford, Pippen Jr. gets his hand on the first move but Horford simply too big for everyone underneath, doesn't miss the second chance.

Feed to Horford in the post, slip the split cut screen and the and-1 finish. Gui has been really good during this stretch.

This Gui drive whew

This Pat Spencer drive and finish was fun

Moses Moody making good use of his long arms to poke at Jerome's dribble, gets the steal and it leads to a Draymond layup on the other end.

JJ drawing up the Hammer action for Kennard gave momentum completely back to the Lakers

Gui with all the confidence in the world right now

Warriors at the half @ LAL ORTG: 87.5 DRTG: 87.2 Despitte 11 more shot attempts and the Lakers turning the ball over 13 times (27.7% TOV%, 0th percentile!), the Dubs haven't taken advantage. They're 5-27 on threes and only have 13 points off of the Lakers' TOs.

Pat Spencer buzzer beater over LeBron James, words I never expected to write in my life.

JJ Redick said pregame that the Dubs' offense really doesn't change all that much with Steph Curry out. Example: Dubs still emphasize pin-in/exit screens in the corner, which Moody does for Spencer below.

Lakers go to their patented Horns Chin action. GP2 switches onto LeBron on the chin cut, side PnR for Reaves, Draymond switch and stays up and straight to stop Reaves who doesn't get the call.

Moses Moody's ability to be pesky with his long arms and get steals like this really reminds me of [REDACTED]

39-year-old Al Horford switching and closing out on the flare action for Kennard and blocking the shot